The year was 1970, and Jim Gordon was in rock 'n' roll heaven ... Gordon died in 2023 at 77 after nearly four decades in prison, still haunted by voices, still harboring resentment toward his ...

Drummer Jim Gordon, Co-Writer of ‘Layla,’ Denied ... has been denied parole until at least 2018 after serving 30 years in prison for the 1983 murder of his mother.

Jim Gordon — a drummer for Eric Clapton and George ... In 1984 the artist was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. He was denied parole several times throughout the years, per the Times.

Jim Gordon, the famed session drummer who backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison for killing his mother, has died. He was 77.